#!/usr/bin/python # @lint-avoid-python-3-compatibility-imports # # ttysnoop Watch live output from a tty or pts device. # For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C. # # Due to a limited buffer size (see BUFSIZE), some commands (eg, a vim # session) are likely to be printed a little messed up. # # Copyright (c) 2016 Brendan Gregg. # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License") # # Idea: from ttywatcher. # # 15-Oct-2016 Brendan Gregg Created this. from __future__ import print_function from bcc import BPF import ctypes as ct from subprocess import call import argparse from sys import argv import sys from os import stat def usage(): print("USAGE: %s [-Ch] {PTS | /dev/ttydev} # try -h for help" % argv[0]) exit() # arguments examples = """examples: ./ttysnoop /dev/pts/2 # snoop output from /dev/pts/2 ./ttysnoop 2 # snoop output from /dev/pts/2 (shortcut) ./ttysnoop /dev/console # snoop output from the system console ./ttysnoop /dev/tty0 # snoop output from /dev/tty0 """ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Snoop output from a pts or tty device, eg, a shell", formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter, epilog=examples) parser.add_argument("-C", "--noclear", action="store_true", help="don't clear the screen") parser.add_argument("device", default="-1", help="path to a tty device (eg, /dev/tty0) or pts number") parser.add_argument("--ebpf", action="store_true", help=argparse.SUPPRESS) args = parser.parse_args() debug = 0 if args.device == "-1": usage() path = args.device if path.find('/') != 0: path = "/dev/pts/" + path try: pi = stat(path) except: print("Unable to read device %s. Exiting." % path) exit() # define BPF program bpf_text = """ #include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #define BUFSIZE 256 struct data_t { int count; char buf[BUFSIZE]; }; BPF_PERF_OUTPUT(events); int kprobe__tty_write(struct pt_regs *ctx, struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count) { if (file->f_inode->i_ino != PTS) return 0; // bpf_probe_read() can only use a fixed size, so truncate to count // in user space: struct data_t data = {}; bpf_probe_read(&data.buf, BUFSIZE, (void *)buf); if (count > BUFSIZE) data.count = BUFSIZE; else data.count = count; events.perf_submit(ctx, &data, sizeof(data)); return 0; }; """ bpf_text = bpf_text.replace('PTS', str(pi.st_ino)) if debug or args.ebpf: print(bpf_text) if args.ebpf: exit() # initialize BPF b = BPF(text=bpf_text) BUFSIZE = 256 class Data(ct.Structure): _fields_ = [ ("count", ct.c_int), ("buf", ct.c_char * BUFSIZE) ] if not args.noclear: call("clear") # process event def print_event(cpu, data, size): event = ct.cast(data, ct.POINTER(Data)).contents print("%s" % event.buf[0:event.count].decode('utf-8', 'replace'), end="") sys.stdout.flush() # loop with callback to print_event b["events"].open_perf_buffer(print_event) while 1: b.perf_buffer_poll()